long time friends and family

John (from Florida), Jeff, Dallas, Kurtis, Vello (from Michigan)

Tyler and me...and Meesha barely in the photo.

John and Vello have been long time family friends. They come to Utah to ski together, and have stayed at my home over the years. It's been 5 years since we've seen them...what a surprise when they rang the doorbell!!

We enjoyed visiting and catching up with them, and had to have a photo of all of us together!

DONE!!!

so the housework isn't ALL done, and the laundry isn't ALL done, but...

THE PUZZLE IS DONE!!

The kid can jump

That's Dallas #2 at the tip-off of a Church ball-game. The kid can certainly jump!

I've lost it.

Anyone know where it is?

Can't seem to find it....

This is what we do on those wintery days...shovel...

SHE makes me smile

what's left...

This is whats left of the hornet's nest after the massive snowstorm we had last night. It's made out of material similar to paper mache. If you can zoom in on the "hive" you can see the comb...still hanging on...

now it looks like it's an old sock...or old t-shirt...

Don't you wish YOU had one of these?

Cutest leaf picker-upper!

need I say more?

My latest

Tyler hung some curtain rods for me in the family room and in the living room. I decided that I was going to display my quilts and actually enjoy them.

more pictures of Tyler racing...

This is Tyler's number...(Jayleigh's birthdate)Those of you that know me all too well know that I like to take "artsy fartsy" pictures. This is the starting gate...
I think Tyler heard me--HA! He looked right at me.
Tyler is the 2nd on the left.

Coming off the hill, towards a pit of tires!

It's always nice when Life Flight shows up as a precaution...

Look how dirty he is now!!

After the race...If you had 4 perfectly good tires, wouldn't you have all 4 of them on the ground AT THE SAME TIME????

Do you wonder where my gray hair comes from?

This is Tyler racing out at Rocky Mountain Raceway on Saturday. He is the 2nd rider in this video. I don't understand the need to keep only 3 tires on the ground when he has 4 totally good tires!! :) (Dallas wasn't able to race, the insurance at this track requires TONS of proof and since he is still a minor...it didn't happen.)

he's 17---

Dallas is 17! WOW!!!

A trip to the park

A few (and I mean a few) pictures of Jayleigh playing at the park...wanna see more??? huh???

Reunited

Is this a "Dad" thing???

Can you see my problem? One of the earphones is not like the other.I was looking high and low for another pair of earphones,

when I happened upon this eraser.

With a quick snip of my scissors... it FIT PERFECTLY!!!I still don't have a matching set, BUT at least I can listen to

"Wicked" without hurting my ears!

Don't you think my Dad would be proud??? HA!!